Who cares what your title is? All that matters is what you do.
Titles are signaling mechanisms. They are supposed to indicate to others what you’re responsible for or capable of doing. They aren’t meant to be boxes that limit what you do. Is there something you think should be fixed at Students For Liberty? Go ahead and fix it. Is there something you think could be improved in the liberty movement? Go out and make the improvement. Is there something you want to launch in your organization that isn’t being done? Following any appropriate protocol, go out and do it. If you’re worried more about your titles than what you’re able to do, you’re worried about others more than yourself. What matters most to organizations are what the people in it do, not what title they hold. An organization can have any number of people who hold “senior,” “director,” or “vice president” titles. It doesn’t matter if an organization has 2 or 200 individuals with these titles. What matters is what the people in the organization are able to accomplish. Added bonus: The sooner you worry less about your title and more about what you’re doing, the sooner you’ll see your title “improve”.
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Office Space
Last week, I toured 5 San Francisco coworking spaces to see if I wanted to work out of any of them whenever I am in the city. The process of deciding what kind of office space I want for myself got me to thinking about the nature of office space in general. The result is this blog post. Purpose of an Office Why does the office exist? There are three principal purposes of offices:
Implications for Large Teams Building on the priority of productivity and collaboration in office spaces, there are 4 key questions to consider when selecting or creating an office space:
After answering these questions, a 5th might be added that draws in the Signaling mechanism of an office: What impression do you want to give to outsiders about the organization? Some organizations may want to show off the money they have to impress outsiders. Others may want to show their humility and resourcefulness by keeping more modest surroundings. When answering these questions, it's important to keep in mind three things:
Sources of Inspiration Looking around at already existing offices, there are a number of features that I think are worth considering from different types of work spaces.
Conclusion There is no conclusion here. This is the start of an ongoing thought process regarding how to create the best office space possible for myself, organizations I'm involved with, and others. |
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